s it really faster to Haneda than Narita? It seems like it SHOULD be faster, and it is certainly cheaper, but the train to Shinagawa sure did putter along the last time I took it. Never taken the monorail, is it better?
I took a NRT-ICN GMP-HND open jaw so had a somewhat direct comparison between the two pairs of airports. In the end I didn't find GMP-HND much better and would probably take NRT-ICN since there are more flights to fit my schedule on KE (since I fly ST.) I was able to take a direct Narita Express from Shibuya early in the morning and also spent a bit of time at the NW lounge at NRT.
On the return the taxi ride to GMP was not much faster or cheaper than to ICN from our office in the southern suburbs of Seoul. No lounge access that I was aware of and generally not as nice as ICN. On the return at HND they didn't seem used to travellers with non-Japanese or Korean passports, so both myself and my colleague were stopped at customs for a bag search. Then we ended up walking to the main terminal to catch the train instead of waiting for the shuttle. There were very few signs in English and it took us a while to figure out which train went where and whether to take monorail or not. Ended up taking the the train to Shinagawa, then Yamanote towards Shibuya. Was probably an hour faster over all, but for the first time it seemed like a bit of a hassle.